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Small: When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people
Seneca the Younger
"When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: The wish for healing has always been half of health
Seneca the Younger
"The wish for healing has always been half of health"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them
Seneca the Younger
"Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war
Seneca the Younger
"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: All art is but imitation of nature
Seneca the Younger
"All art is but imitation of nature"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: A sword never kills anybody it is a tool in the killers hand
Seneca the Younger
"A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
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Small: The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the
Marcus Aurelius
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind for the soul is dyed by the t
Marcus Aurelius
"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live
Marcus Aurelius
"Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: Anger cannot be dishonest
Marcus Aurelius
"Anger cannot be dishonest"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: To refrain from imitation is the best revenge
Marcus Aurelius
"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of t
Marcus Aurelius
"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune b
Marcus Aurelius
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
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Small: So many men, so many opinions
Terence
"So many men, so many opinions"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right
Terence
"There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: She neer was really charming till she died
Terence
"She ne'er was really charming till she died"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by
Terence
"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: Moderation in all things
Terence
"Moderation in all things"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love
Terence
"Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad
Terence
"I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own
Terence
"Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: I am human and let nothing human be alien to me
Terence
"I am human and let nothing human be alien to me"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: Little things please little minds
Ovid
"Little things please little minds"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Time, the devourer of all things
Ovid
"Time, the devourer of all things"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: The bold adventurer succeeds the best
Ovid
"The bold adventurer succeeds the best"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Take rest a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop
Ovid
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are
Ovid
"It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love
Ovid
"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour
Ovid
"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it
Ovid
"Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Art lies by its own artifice
Ovid
"Art lies by its own artifice"
Ovid, Poet
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Small: Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember
Virgil
"Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember"
Virgil, Writer
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Small: Love conquers all
Virgil
"Love conquers all"
Virgil, Writer
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Small: Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you
Virgil
"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you"
Virgil, Writer
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Small: Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses
Virgil
"Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses"
Virgil, Writer
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Small: Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance
Virgil
"Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance"
Virgil, Writer
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Small: Greater things are believed of those who are absent
Tacitus
"Greater things are believed of those who are absent"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws
Tacitus
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain
Tacitus
"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residen
Seneca
"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life"
Seneca, Philosopher
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